Briggs & Stratton Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BGG)

Briggs & Stratton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BGG."

Briggs & Stratton declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 17th. View Briggs & Stratton's Dividend History.

Briggs & Stratton declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 25th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Briggs & Stratton Co. (NYSE:BGG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 15th. The industrial products company reported ($0.36) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.82. The industrial products company had revenue of $471.95 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $519.87 million. Briggs & Stratton had a negative net margin of 2.95% and a negative return on equity of 2.61%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.47 earnings per share. View Briggs & Stratton's Earnings History.

Briggs & Stratton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Briggs & Stratton updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 15th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.20-0.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.22. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.91-1.97 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.99 billion.

2 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Briggs & Stratton's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $16.00. On average, they expect Briggs & Stratton's share price to reach $15.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 149.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Briggs & Stratton.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Briggs & Stratton in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Briggs & Stratton.

News stories about BGG stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Briggs & Stratton earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Briggs & Stratton.

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Briggs & Stratton's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.67%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). Company insiders that own Briggs & Stratton stock include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Jeffrey Michael Zeiler, Rachele Marie Lehr and Todd J Teske. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Briggs & Stratton stock in the last two years include David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Jeffrey Michael Zeiler and Rachele Marie Lehr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

Shares of BGG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.02.

Briggs & Stratton has a market capitalization of $252.97 million and generates $1.84 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $-54,080,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.32) on an earnings per share basis. Briggs & Stratton employs 5,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Briggs & Stratton.

The official website for Briggs & Stratton is http://www.basco.com/.

Briggs & Stratton's mailing address is 12301 WEST WIRTH STREET, WAUWATOSA WI, 53222. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-259-5333.